THE sculpture which has been produced by the natives of Western and Central Africa has existed for ages, but its proper appreciation by us can be dated from the turn of this century. Although the’ ...
People have been living in the Negev Desert for thousands of years. One of the ancient cities in this area was Tel Malḥata, near today’s Arad Valley in southern Israel. Archaeologists have been ...
South Africa on Tuesday handed back to Zimbabwe ancestral human remains and a centuries-old stone carving of its sacred national emblem, the Zimbabwe bird, stolen more than 100 years ago during the ...
Wood and World, an exhibition at the National Art Museum of China, shows wooden African carvings juxtaposed with a Picasso painting, reflecting the influence of African art. [Photo by Jiang Dong/China ...
The Kanaga mask is used in deeply sacred rituals by the Dogon people of Mali Carving this mask is as important a ritual as the ceremonies in which the mask is used The carver a blacksmith finds the ...